Illness and Health; Social beliefs, practices and customs; Supernatural belief

Winny Penton was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer in 1968. She spent nine months in St. Clair's Hospital, St. John's before being sent back to Joe Batt's Arm to die. She decided that she would go to the shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre,...

Ben Decker drives his boat over open water to Little Fogo Island for the annual Roman Catholic Mass at St. Anne's Church. Another speed boat is in the background. The community of Little Fogo Island was resettled during the 1960s but the church is...